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    What is the Gospel?

    Who knows? Maybe it will be in the eternal archive for us to know about, I Cor. 13:12.
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    What is the Gospel?

    I probably didn't phrase that right. Let me just say that He doesn't just look into the future (as if He needed to find anything out) but that He knows the future because He controls it.
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    What is the Gospel?

    Yes, He does. It is called omniscience. And He also is the one who gave the faith to begin with, Phil. 1:29, John 1:12-13.
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    What is the Gospel?

    And you can bet that there was more than a nutshell worth in what the Lord told those two disciples. The more you read the Old Testament the you see passages that He might have referred to. Some of the Reformed writers really drew out a lot of those riches.
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    What is the Gospel?

    What you say is true, but my point is that our gospel is more than what is in those two "nutshell" verses. Many of the writers, in Reformation times for instance, had no problem dwelling long and richly on what we have in this "good news".
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    What is the Gospel?

    What is the Gospel? (Part 2) Necessary Elements of the Gospel Moving on from what the Gospel is not, it would be helpful to define what exactly the Gospel is. And coming up with a good description is surprisingly tricky. The Old Covenant, Paul writes, had its “elements” (στοιχεῖα - “rudiments”...
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    What is the Gospel?

    Only one Gospel, but more than one Gospel passage 1 Cor. 15:3-4 is most often cited as the Gospel verse. And understandably so. But it is not the only Gospel verse, just the most obvious and convenient one, seeing that it contains the very word and is relatively concise. But it assumes a certain...
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    Free PDFs of Christian articles available

    At this point I have five books available for whoever wants them. And a sixth one – the one on the far right – should be up in a week or two. If interested just let me know here or send me an email at epitom4@gmail.com. The image I see here only shows two covers but if you select the image you...
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    Pithy Quotes often = Poor Theology

    Have you ever noticed that pithy, well-worded quotes more often promote wrong ideas rather than right ones. A case in point is this one I noticed recently: “We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind.” – AW...
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    Review of a Video, “Basanos, a Tortured Word in the Bible”

    There are serious problems in this video, “Basanos, a tortured word: The true meaning of Bible torment” by … I can’t find his name but this video is from “The Total Victory of Christ“, with the byline of “Defining and Defending the Doctrine of Universal Salvation of all mankind through Jesus...
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    Jesus calls Fishers and Menders

    Maybe you didn't read the article. I think I was pretty clear. One point is that there are varieties of gifts, 1 Cor. 12:4-11; 28-30. We are not all given the same spiritual endowments. There are other passages I could have cited as well. Hopefully my presentation is no longer "selective"...
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    Jesus calls Fishers and Menders

    When I first became a Christian in the 70’s I was enamored with the writings of Watchman Nee. I am not anymore, but one thing he wrote about Mark 1:16 – 20 stuck with me as noteworthy. Simon (Peter) and Andrew were fishing with nets. James and John were mending nets. Article linked below...
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    I did comment on your post. You didn't get my point. Possibly because of your above admitted assumption which is not allowing you to accept or understand what I wrote. I get this a lot in sites like this. I post an OP that is pretty much pure Christology. I wouldn't be slain at the Brook Jabbok...
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    Typo: lexicon and concordances, plural.
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    Our definition of Bible words ought to come from how they are used in the Bible. There are several good concordance and lexicon you could have cited. But didn't.
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    But your point is not logical. Jesus also told His disciples that He would be with them "unto the end of the age". Whether we see the end of the age as AD 66 or 70 or still future - as I assume you do - this, according to your same logic, means that there will be a time when Christ will not be...
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    I believe, according to His oft-repeated promises that He would come in that generation, that Christ is here now. That is what Parousia means - presence.
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    I realize that you weren't responding to me but, just so others here know. I am a full preterists but, I don't believe the return of Christ was invisible. And I place the date at AD 66. What you are describing sounds like the so-called Covenant Eschatology preterists.
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    Col. 1:19-22: Saved Through the Blood of the Cross

    No, I'm not. And I don't waste too much time in dealing with them.
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